Opinion

Fairness, objectivity raise questions

Published April 6, 2004

Readers expressed concern about the Daily's coverage of some recent events.

Physician involvement is tyranny

Published April 5, 2004

The complicity of physicians in torture is not a new or isolated phenomenon. Sordid examples have been painstakingly documented around the world at various times: Argentina, Mexico, South Africa, Israel,...

U.S. response is one of global leadership

Published April 5, 2004

I am writing in response to a letter to the editor concerning the U.S. response to the global HIV/AIDS crisis and my record on this topic. While I praise the spirit of Stephanie Smith's letter and share...

U.S. not better off under Bush

Published April 5, 2004

Americans are more politically divided than ever.

Unchecked violence and cheating plagues NHL

Published April 5, 2004

The Stanley Cup playoffs begin Wednesday. If the sports world has any sense in its pretty little head, it would squarely focus on the start of these playoffs. Certainly, all hockey news should be about...

Animal rights and the myth of “humane” treatment

Published April 5, 2004

To outsiders, animal rights advocates look to be a strange lot. We don't eat meat, avoid cosmetics tested on animals and boycott the Ringling Brothers Circus. Drape ourselves in fur? Forget it. Animal...

Americans are paying attention now

Published April 2, 2004

The strength of the White House leadership is its appeal to intellectual mediocrity.

Editorial board missed the mark with ‘under God’

Published April 1, 2004

The board just decided to bloviate a little and play some word games with the First Amendment.

Led astray by Jenkins and LaHaye

Published April 1, 2004

Tuesday's release of "Glorious Appearing," the 12th book in Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins' "Left Behind" series, caps off the 40-million selling account of the Christian apocalypse. This "final" installment...

Republicans: Stop playing games with women’s lives!

Published April 1, 2004

What is Minnesota telling its women? Are we being used as political tools and punished most severely by budget crunching? Who is making the decisions that are causing even more inequality between the sexes...